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Sunday, August 5, 2018

AZERBAIJAN Unesco Collection – A Musical Anthology of the Orient – BM 30 SL 2024

AZERBAIJAN – AZERBAÏDJAN
Unesco Collection – A Musical Anthology of the Orient – BM 30 SL 2024, Radio Baku recordings, commentaries by Habib H. Touma (LP)
Azeri traditional music musique traditionnelle azérie tar zurna duduk kamanche

Azeri traditional music musique traditionnelle azérie tar zurna duduk kamanche

Azeri traditional music musique traditionnelle azérie tar zurna duduk kamanche

Azeri traditional music musique traditionnelle azérie tar zurna duduk kamanche

Azeri traditional music musique traditionnelle azérie tar zurna duduk kamanche

Azeri traditional music musique traditionnelle azérie tar zurna duduk kamanche


Azeri traditional music musique traditionnelle azérie tar zurna duduk kamanche

Azeri traditional music musique traditionnelle azérie tar zurna duduk kamanche

This anthology of Azeri music, played in Azerbaijan and in the Azerbaijan province of Iran, presents a rich musical tradition featuring various traditional instruments, including the tar, a long-necked fretted lute, played by Bahram Mansurov (1911-1985) (A1, A2); Arzan Dadashev playing ud (arabic lute) (A3); the vocals of Khan Shushinsky (1901-1979) accompanied by an orchestra (B1), the kamanje (or kamanche), an Iranian bowed string instrument, played by Abil Aliyev (1927-2015) (B2); Amrah Gyalma singing and playing the saz (a long fretted lute) (B3) in the Ashug, or Ashiq, traveling bard tradition, which plays a central role in the Azerbaijani cultural and poetic identity; the double-reed zurna and nagara drums to accompany dancing (B4); and Bahruz Zeinalov playing the double-reed duduk (B5).

Cette anthologie de la musique azérie, jouée en Azerbaïdjan et dans la province de l'Azerbaïdjan en Iran, présente une riche tradition musicale comprenant divers instruments traditionnels, y compris le 
luth tar joué par Bahram Mansurov (1911-1985) (A1, A2); Arzan Dadashev sur le oud (luth arabe) (A3); la voix de Khan Shushinsky (1901-1979) accompagné par un orchestre (B1), le kamanje (ou kamanche), une vièle à archet d'origine persane jouée par Abil Aliyev (1927-2015) (B2); Amrah Gyalma chantant et jouant du luth saz (B3) dans la tradition des bardes Ashiq qui ont un rôle central dans l'identité culturelle et poétique azerbaïdjanaise; un hautbois zurna et des tambours nagara pour accompagner une danse héroïque (B4); et Bahruz Zeinalov jouant du duduk (ou doudouk) à anche double (B5).


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Azeri traditional music musique traditionnelle azérie tar zurna duduk kamanche


The photograph below is from The World of Islam by Ernst J. Grube, McGraw-Hill, 1967: 

"The Prophet, in a magnificent flaming halo, is shown riding Burak, the fantastic human-faced horse-like creature, surrounded by angels ascending through the clouds of a starry sky to the Seven Heavens in the Night Journey that brings Him to see the Pleasures of Paradise and the Punishments of Hell."
Painted in Tabriz in Iranian Azerbaijan, early 16th century.

The Prophet in a magnificent flaming halo, is shown riding Burak, the fantastic human-faced horse-like creature, surrounded by angels ascending through the clouds of a starry sky to the Seven Heavens in the Night Journey that brings Him to see the Pleasures of Paradise and the Punishments of Hell. Tabriz 16th century